However, the strategy is good.

At this time, it was time to give up on Lu Bu.

After Yan Xiang was driven away, Yuan Shu leaned back in his chair and fell into deep thought.

Among the words he said just now, there was one sentence that made him listen very useful, that is, it was delayed until next year.

Since the strategy of raiding Xuzhou had failed, I didn't expect Cao Cao and Liu Bei's soldiers and horses to react so quickly.

Xuzhou's defenses are also extremely solid.

"Alas, the chances are a step slower."

Yuan Shu shook his head bitterly, originally for him, taking Xuzhou was the first priority, and if he could get it, he would occupy the two states in Shandong near the sea.

That is, to be able to look forward to Qingzhou.

I didn't expect Lu Bu to be so useless.

"I thought he was really some kind of general!"

Yuan Shu gritted his teeth slightly, and when he leaned down, his eyes looked into the distance, and at the same time, his hands were folded into the spacious sleeves of his robe, and he didn't know whether it was psychedelic or worried.

In short, up to now, Yuan Shu has not felt any sense of despair, but he is a little bored because the surrounding princes and the old generals have come to rebel.

Lü Bu's defeat caused him to lose nearly 30,000 or 40,000 people, and according to the military information that came back, as well as the words of many generals, it can almost be concluded that he used Yuan's soldiers and horses to die and attack the city for him.

It turned out that it has not been captured.

If you are not your own person, you can use it heartily, and you are not a person.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what is there to say?"

Yuan Shu raised his head and glanced down, now the generals are all leading the troops outside, and the generals who came today are all not of high rank, so they can't play any decisive role.

The rest of the counsellors......

Yuan Shu himself had to sigh that the people who were willing to support the emperor at the beginning had no talent to go through the heavens and latitudes, and they had no ambition to run the country.

But Yan Xiang has a stubborn temper, he has reached such a situation, and when others rumor it in the future, no one will regard him as an outsider, or as a traitor?

Is it necessary to insist on this?

The pins in the temple could be heard, and no one spoke.

Yuan Shu immediately nodded a little impatiently, "Then according to what Master Yan said, take back the soldiers and horses, don't give Lu Bu grain and grass, and let him go to Cao Cao to take it." ”

"At the same time, the next edict will make Lu Bu the general of the Zhong clan."

"Ordered Ji Ling to guard the land of three cities and one county in the north of Huainan, stationed soldiers and horses here, hoarded as much grain and grass as possible, and took back the 30,000 soldiers and horses under Liu Xun's command, and I gave him another 20,000, so that he could bring Xu Zhen's head back to me."

"Just a Xu Zhen, if it weren't for the later tiger and leopard riding of the Cao family, I would not have been defeated, this kid is not very old, but he is arrogant, and he dares to go straight to my Lujiang River alone."

"If you use this person to deter Cao Cao, you can destroy his army and boost the morale of our army."

"Whoa!"

In the palace, it is almost rare to hear Xu Zhen's name, and in the Jiangnan area, except for the occasional rumor that he is a Tuntian Ming official, benevolent and loving the people, there is no other reputation.

So up to Yuan Shu and down to the officials at the end of the palace, they all thought that Xu Zhen was definitely soft, not good at using soldiers, and was just a Cao camp schemer, and what they really wanted to fight was probably to see those Cao generals in Lujiang at the moment.

……

In Xiapi City, Cao Cao sat in Xiapi, ordered Cao Ren and Che Zhou to press forward with soldiers and horses, constantly chasing Lu Bu, forcing him to suppress in Guangling, and then let Cao Chun, Yu Ban, Xu Huang, Zhang Xiu and others take the land of Qian County respectively.

At this point, achievements have been made.

The war itself was so big that it was necessary to command so many soldiers and horses, and the incident happened suddenly, Cao Cao was worried about the difficulty of transporting grain and grass.

But in the past month, Xu Zhen has transported 300,000 grains from Chenliu along the way, and has placed many footholds along the way, which are called grain stacks.

If Cao Cao had a map to draw at this moment, he would know that among the many generals on the march, Xu Zhen's route to transport grain and grass just connected the places where these generals were.

The route he chose was not too rough, and the time it took to transport the grain and grass would not take much, which meant that the daily wear and tear was not much different from that in the local county.

One percent of the grain and grass can be delivered to the camp.

That's a pretty good situation.

After arriving in Nanxiang, it is even better, since Daze, the flow direction of the river in the south is mostly to the south and the east two directions, with a bamboo raft downstream, when the countercurrent is pulled by manpower, or the soldiers are rowed with the oars.

Walking alternately on land and water, and can save as many as a few days, and now after careful calculation, there is no need to worry about food and grass.

Xu Du still has millions of grain and grass, and Xun Yu can transport it at any time.

For Cao Cao, it was a battle of wealth.

When I arrived in Yanzhou at the beginning of that year, I couldn't imagine it.

Whenever he wanted to laugh these days, he would be grateful to Xu Zhen for his strategy when he attacked Xu back then.

Renzheng attacked Xu.

At that time, if you attacked in a rage, plundered the people, destroyed the fields, and smashed the city walls, although you could march faster and have a stronger momentum, it is estimated that it will take two years to repair as before.

And the benevolent government attacked Xu, the people were attached and settled, and the fields were immediately tuned after a little pacification, so as not to delay the busy agricultural season, the city wall was not greatly damaged, and the land was not destroyed.

Rounding up to about 10 years can save ten years!

"Now, Berwen has sent me a letter, which is even more comforting to my heart."

Cao Cao was holding a book in his hand, although it was written by Cao Ang, but the meaning in it belonged to Xu Zhen.

A few days of passing, Lujiang to Xiapi is only nearly a thousand miles away, riding along the avenue alone, four days to reach Cao Cao's hands, so in the main hall, read on the spot.

"Bowen this time, persuade me not to attack Lu Bu again, but to surround it, gradually encroach on the surrounding land, and prevent Lu Bu from raiding and robbing grain, in a few months, he will run out of food, and Yuan Shu is greedy and unreasonable, and he has no benevolence and righteousness, and he may not give Lu Bu much food."

As soon as these words came out, Guo Jia and Cheng Yu immediately nodded.

Cheng Yu said with a smile: "We have enough food, so we can naturally fight like this, slowly advancing, step by step, the more stable we are, the more anxious Lu Bu is, and seconded the proposal." ”

Guo Jia put his hands behind his back and frowned: "But, the longer it drags on, the more I am afraid that there will be concerns in the rear." ”

"I dare to assert that Yuan Shao will not come back this year, his situation in Youzhou is very good, and he is unwilling to let go, and he will definitely crush Gongsun Zan this year and occupy Youzhou."

"It will take a year to take Youzhou, and it will inevitably take more than a year to stabilize Youzhou, and there are many horseback alien races on the border of Youzhou, so they must be allowed to settle down, but if he suddenly gets the words of the strategist, he may go south to test."

"What a strategist can speak of him?" Cao Cao raised his eyebrows and looked at Guo Jia.

"Yuan Shao's strategists, Xu You, Fujun and others are mostly the main battle faction, and Xu Youxing is good at gambling, and he can often profit."

When Guo Jia said this, he chuckled again for some reason, and said, "Not only that, but the lord also has to be careful." ”

"What?"

"Xu Dunei."

Guo Jia smiled, but his face was mostly ecstatic after thinking of the hidden dangers, as if he was purely happy in it.

"I suddenly thought about it, although the ministers in Xu Du can't occupy it left and right, they can secretly communicate with Yuan Shao by letter, for example, Taiwei and Yuan Shao are in-laws, Taifu and Qinghe have a lot of contacts, so it is not unusual for private messages to communicate."

"Or, Dong Cheng and others can secretly do more arrangement, if they are given too much time, they may not be able to prevent it, although the school affairs are like a big net, but the lord should know that there are vacancies in the net, there are always mud fish that can shuttle flexibly, how can it be perfect?"

Cao Cao nodded slightly.

Cheng Yu thought about it with a solemn expression, he also thought of these words in his heart, but secretly looking at Cao Cao's expression, he planned to praise Xu Zhen and follow it.

That's why I immediately seconded the proposal, but I didn't expect Guo Jia to be really outspoken and put all these hidden dangers on the surface.

"Is there a solution to Fengxiao?"

Cheng Yu asked sincerely, since you said it, let's say a way.

Don't just talk about the hidden dangers.

"Nope!"

Guo Jia stepped forward.

Cheng Yu was stunned for a moment, looked at him a few more times, and wanted to ask again, did you say yes?

There's no way why you can be so justifiable, or even proud?

"Is there any reason in the world that all the good is taken? The one who conspires is to make the troubles clear, so that the lord can think about the choice, discuss the choice of the lighter, Xu Bowen's plan, stable and cautious, with the general trend of forcing each other, watching Lu and Yuan Xiangdou, we can sit on its advantage. ”

"Lu Bu either attacked Yuan angrily, or attacked Cao angrily, or simply threw himself into Cao to attack together, in addition, it must not be held for a long time, but I don't know how long Lu Bu's mind can hold on."

Cao Cao squinted and paced for a long time, thought back and forth for a moment, walked to Guo Jia and stood still, and said: "What Feng Xiao said means that you can listen to Bowen's words and march, but you must also find his fighters and attack decisively." ”

"Not bad!"

Guo Jia's eyes lit up, as if he was a famous horse winner, and his expression was very happy.

Sure enough, the lord knows my heart very well.

"That's exactly how it should be!"

"Hehehe!"

Cao Cao immediately stretched out his hand to straighten his mind, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, I listen to Fengxiao's words." ”

Although it was originally intended to be so.

"It's up to Yuan Shu to give this opportunity or not."

……

Lujiang, Anhui County.

After Xu Zhen married two daughters, he was included in the government office.

After a little operation, he lived in the courtyard.

After calming people's hearts like this, he found that it was really beneficial, not that the two female music rhythms could really make him accessible, but in addition to resting, if Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao Ermei played the piano to help the fun, it could make him feel comfortable.

When I rested, I recovered better and my mind was more fluent.

Xu Zhen was so frightened that he didn't dare to stay longer, because he would break off the state he insisted on now if he recovered too quickly, and took the bed curtain with the sound of the piano immediately, until he lightly supported the table and seemed to be slightly drunk.

In addition, in the past ten days, there have been strategists to vote.

Although he is not a famous person in Jiangdong, he does have a unique strategy for governing the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, and the small law to appease the people is dedicated, and the book is sent to the government office, which makes Xu Zhen and Jia Xu quite satisfied.

This is just a one-person plan, and just like the talents of Shu County and Anhui County, they all continue to send their own strategies, and only later did they understand that it was Qiao Xuan who was helping behind them.

Although he is not a very outstanding person among hermits, he is not low in seniority, he is older, and his contacts have been in Lujiang, Jiujiang, Danyang and other places for many years, and even some friends he has made in Jiangdong.

Yes, since the second daughter is married to Xu Zhen, of course Qiao Xuan has to do his best to assist, and he seems to understand some of the situation and is enriching his wings for Xu Zhen.

Whether he wants it or not, if there are trustworthy people in Lujiang, Xu Zhen can appoint them, and these people will remember the grace of recommending them in the future.

And the recruitment of soldiers and horses in the territory has also been smoother.

The defection effect of local celebrities is enough to make the people trust the Cao soldiers and horses from the north, as well as the Marquis of Xu Zhen.

So invisibly, Xu Zhen is even busier these days, and it takes a whole night just to train recruits.

At this time, inside the barracks.

As soon as Xu Zhen arrived at the camp, Zhuge Liang was already waiting.

And his expression was quite excited, and when he saw Xu Zhen coming, he immediately strode into the wind to greet him, and beckoned from a very far away, "Junhou, Junhou!" ”

Xu Zhen walked towards him, and at this time Dian Wei was accompanying him.

And Xu Zhen, of course, also understood what it meant.

So let the rest of the guards go to the main tent to wait first, he greeted Zhuge Liang and went to the front with a smile: "What's the matter?" ”

"It's done!"

Zhuge Liang immediately smiled and said: "I thought hard for a few days, and finally assisted Pu Feng to make the crossbow arrows that the prince wanted, using the top box structure that the prince said. ”

"It can fire ten arrows at a time, but it is larger, and it should be an ordnance weapon."

"Good!" Xu Zhen suddenly hugged Zhuge Liang's shoulder, sure enough, you can break through this device, and the subtle whimsy will have a response in the dark.

Xu Zhen only mentioned this matter at the beginning, which made Zhuge Liang extremely interested, and thought about it for a long time, although he was not well versed in this, but what he thought was closer to the cognition of today's Han Dynasty.

"Let's go, let's see!!"

Xu Zhen took Dian Wei by the hand, and said with a little excitement: "Ah Wei, I ordered to select a thousand good shooters from the camp of the guards, and I will form another elite army." ”

If this weapon can be built on a large scale in a short period of time, Xu Zhen is even willing to hand over all the arrows in the entire camp to the camp guards.

However, Dian Wei was a little difficult, "In the camp, there are less than 100 good shooters. ”

He said with a solemn gaze.

Xu Zhen was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly understood.

Indeed, when the tiger and leopard were selected from Qingzhou to ride the tiger and leopard, they had already chosen the person who was good at shooting to form a leopard to ride, and after many years of marching, the archers did not need to have good archery skills.

The two armies fought, almost always firing diagonally into the sky.

The rain of arrows that spread down can kill as many people as possible, and the horizontal shots are all blocked by shields, or directly falling to the ground, or blocked in the front and rear rows, and it is difficult to move.

It is because the archers in the army look more at the strength of the arm, not at the archery.

Xu Zhen was silent for a moment, and suddenly his face showed enthusiasm and perseverance, and he said in a deep voice: "Okay, I will find a way to do this!" ”

"Let's take a look at the weapon of Kong Ming first."

Zhuge Liang frowned and corrected: "The artifact that was made." ”

The three of them walked to the blacksmith camp.

In the depths of the camp, Pu Feng moved out a machine similar to a wooden cart, about half the size of a person, which was not easy to carry, and was afraid that it would have to be stored somewhere for defending the city.

Arrows also need large arrows, and ordinary thin arrows cannot exert their power.

On the basis of the original repeater, it appears to be even more exaggerated.

The overall shape resembles a delphinium, the tail end is like a fish's tail asking the lower arc, and there is a box-like structure in the middle for placing arrows, and its internal structure is more complex, and the arrows need to be specially made.

In order to simplify this, more elaborate processes are required.

They can't do it anymore.

"Junhou, you can build one in three days at the earliest," Zhuge Liang arched his hand and said: "There are people from the Pu family, what they learn is very fast, but the consumables need a lot of fine iron, and the arrows must be rebuilt, and within this month, there should only be ten." ”

Ten crosses, which can fire ten arrows at a time, are as powerful as five-stone and six-stone bows.

That's three times the strength of my arm.

Available!

(End of chapter)